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Anxiety Related Disorders That We Treat
Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric illnesses affecting both children and adults. At Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute we assess, diagnose and treat the following anxiety disorders:

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Body Focus Disorders
  • Nail Biting
  • Skin Picking
• Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
• Hypochondriasis
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  
• Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Symptom Attacks
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  
• Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
• Trichotillomania

Specific phobias:
People with specific phobias suffer from an intense fear reaction to a specific object or situation.

Anxiety disorders are treatable with a combination of psychosocial therapies and/or medication

• Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), Exposure Response Prevention Therapy, anxiety management and relaxation therapies, and psychotherapy.
  
• Drugs used to treat anxiety disorders include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines, beta blockers, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).

Misdiagnosis and under treatment of anxiety disorders costs the nation billions of dollars annually.

• Anxiety disorders cost the U.S. more than $42 billion a year, according to "The Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders," a study commissioned by the ADAA and based on data gathered by the association and published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
• More than $22.84 billion is associated with the repeated use of healthcare services due to anxiety disorders symptoms that mimic physical illnesses.
  
• People with an anxiety disorder are three-to-five times more likely to go to the doctor and six times more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders.
  

(Statistics from the Anxiety Disorders Association of America)

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